Author: Andrea Waine, Don Galbraith Award winner, Nippissing University Throughout the Understanding Earth and Space Systems unit in grade 1, students begin investigating daily and seasonal changes. The big ideas covered in this unit are that changes occur in daily and seasonal cycles and those changes ultimately affect living things. Important concepts include defining a […]
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